Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine - RAFT

About the organisation

Basic details : The largest medical deserts in the world are sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: the World Health Organization estimates that 2 million health professionals are missing in order to be able to see the development of health systems. functional health. If we take a closer look, doctors are concentrated in the capitals of these countries, even if they do not have enough work, rather trying to emigrate to the North than to settle in the countryside. It is therefore up to patients to take the road to the big city, whenever they can, on often long and arduous roads.Today, more than a thousand professionals participate in RAFT, in twenty or so African countries: we take continuing education courses, we ask for help, from a distance, to interpret an X-ray, an ultrasound image, an electrocardiogram plot, a photo of a skin lesion, or for advice on how to manage a difficult case.

Mission : The largest medical deserts in the world are sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: the World Health Organization estimates that 2 million health professionals are missing in order to be able to see the development of health systems. functional health. If we take a closer look, doctors are concentrated in the capitals of these countries, even if they do not have enough work, rather trying to emigrate to the North than to settle in the countryside. It is therefore up to patients to take the road to the big city, whenever they can, on often long and arduous roads.

Vision : Today, more than a thousand professionals participate in RAFT, in twenty or so African countries: we take continuing education courses, we ask for help, from a distance, to interpret an X-ray, an ultrasound image, an electrocardiogram plot, a photo of a skin lesion, or for advice on how to manage a difficult case.